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SPECTACLE IS A MOST SORRY ONE London Telegraph on the Late Revolution in Hawaii Ha-waii SCANDAL TO THE WORLD HOW HAMUSOJf PLATED INTO THE STJftM JmAW HAJfDS CIcclclnud Also Comes In For a Lualiing American Ships Playing Cat and Mouse and Dodging About to Give tIle FlIHmstercrs a diancc American Finer Stalnea b > a Bastard Republic London Feb 26flt a leader on the evolution in Hawaii the Telegraph thIs morning says The spectacle Is one to astonish and scandalize the civilized world President Harrison played Into the ands of the sugar pirates openly and Mr Cleveland did not dare to wash hIs hands of the baseness and brutality wrought by his fellow president at Honolulu American warships have played oatandmouse with the islands and dodging about Just enough to give the flllbuaterers chances to escape if things come to the worst Thus because cause Justice was nobodys and Iilliuo 1m lan was not rich or powerful enough to command friendship England Eng-land and America have allowed this flagrant crime to be committed in open daylight it ia everybodys interest except the declining race o islanders to hush the mater up and allow speculators to erect a spurious government and stain the American flag by taking upon it this bastard republic We do not suppose sup-pose that any power will protest un less l it ho Japan whenever she hag leIsure but the spectacle is n sorry one for Christian morality and is a Itter lesson of what feeble races may expect when the Interest of civilized powers come in po1Utn